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  • Europe update: First half year gives mixed image for offshore wind

    10 October 2013

    A report from the European wind agency EWEA shows mixed statistics for the offshore wind industry so far this year. The first six months of 2013 saw a record high for installed and grid-connected turbines. Newly installed capacity doubled compared to last year, with 1,045MW. But investment and financing options are in sharp contrast with […]

  • UK: Crown Estate Issues Offshore Wind Farm Power Cables Study

    27 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Crown Estate have issued a study highlighting the opportunities that exist for suppliers to address the current gap between anticipated demand and currently available supply of export power cables for offshore wind farms. The study identified that current manufacturing capacity does not meet the needs of developers, both in UK and in the rest […]

  • MingYang gets first offshore wind turbine order from Northeast China

    1 December 2020
    Project & Tenders

    MingYang Smart Energy has received an order from China Datang Corporation to supply the turbines for the 100 MW Zhuanghe offshore wind project in China. MingYang will deliver the 19 MySE5.2-166 turbines in April 2021 for the project located off the coast of Dalian City. The order is said to represent MingYang’s first offshore order in […]

  • Enterprize Energy, Tractebel to build offshore wind-hydrogen-ammonia platform prototype

    26 November 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Technology

    Enterprize Energy and Tractebel Overdick have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on delivering Enterprize Energy’s Energy Plus concept, which encompasses offshore wind, hydrogen and ammonia production technologies in a single platform. The cooperation will see the companies building the prototype of the Energy Plus platform, which is based on a system that connects and […]

  • Bigger Picture: Offshore wind, green hydrogen backbone of EU’s 2050 goal

    23 November 2020
    Authorities & Government, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    European Union’s Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy, published on 19 November and targeting as much as 300 GW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2050, also outlines the goal of supporting green hydrogen production. In anticipation of the launch of the new Renewable Hydrogen Coalition, it is ever so evident that EU’s (offshore) wind and hydrogen […]

  • European companies team up to provide MWS services for US offshore wind

    16 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    UK-headquartered Charles Taylor Marine Technical Services and Denmark-based Survey Association have formed a strategic alliance to provide Marine Warranty Surveyor (MWS) services to the U.S. offshore wind sector. The new alliance highlighted its in-depth marine operations experience brought in by both companies, saying it would enhance the risk management of offshore wind farm construction projects […]

  • Global offshore wind O&M market to reach € 10 billion by 2029

    10 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance

    The global offshore wind operations and maintenance (O&M) market is expected to grow 16 per cent annually and reach € 10 billion by 2029. Europe will remain the biggest O&M market by region, while China will become the biggest single market in terms of national markets. This is according to the latest report from Wood […]

  • New tech in O&M driving down offshore wind opex/MW

    10 March 2021
    Automation, Innovation, IT & Software, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Vessels

    Global average opex per megawatt in the offshore wind sector has fallen significantly over the last eight years and is expected to further decline until 2029, driven by an increasing utilisation of new technologies and innovative solutions in operations and maintenance (O&M). “With economies of scale and improved efficiency of asset management and O&M services, […]

  • Italy: Application submitted for 330 MW offshore wind farm in Adriatic Sea

    8 June 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Energia Wind 2020 srl, part of the Italian energy company 3R Energia srl, has submitted an application to the Italian government for a 30-year concession of an area in Italy’s sector of the Adriatic Sea, where it plans to build a 330 MW offshore wind farm. The application outlines a site some off the coasts […]

  • North Star makes grand entrance into offshore wind with Dogger Bank OWF

    17 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Aberdeen-based company North Star Renewables has won the tender for the delivery of three service operation vessels (SOVs) for the 3.6 GW Dogger Bank project, which is set to become the world’s biggest offshore wind farm. Under a contract worth approximately GBP 270 million (around € 316 million), the Scottish company is responsible for the […]

  • UK: Tidal Transit Plans to Acquire Eight Offshore Wind Support Vessels

    23 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    A Docking based company is planning major investment into offshore wind industry. They are planning to invest GBP 10 million to acquire 8 boats. Earlier this month, Tidal Transit has purchased two state-of-the-art, purpose-designed 20 meter support vessels to transport construction workers and maintenance crew out into the Greater Wash and southern North Sea energy […]

  • Drydocks World Displays to the Media the World’s Largest HVDC Offshore Wind Platform

    24 June 2013

    Drydocks World and Maritime World, the well-established international maritime service provider, hosted a delegation from the international press along with senior officials from TenneT, ABB and Aibel, the three companies involved in the world’s largest HVDC Offshore Wind Platform – Dolwin Beta – that is under construction at the Drydocks World – Dubai shipyard. His […]

  • Rovco to work on site characterization at 1.5 GW offshore wind project in UK

    22 May 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Rovco has been selected for site characterization work on the 1.5 GW Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind project in the UK. With the project scheduled to start imminently, the UK-based company will be responsible for carrying out a full geophysical investigation of several key sites at Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind off the Lincolnshire coast. The scope […]

  • Cable at Belgian offshore wind farm fixed four months after failing

    29 May 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    The repairs on the cable linking the 309 MW Rentel offshore wind farm to mainland Belgium have been completed about four months after it failed. The fault was located just below the Rentel transformer platform, said the Belgian transmission system operator (TSO) Elia. A new section of the cable, approximately 400 meters long, was attached to […]

  • DeepOcean to install inter-array cables at RWE’s Nordseecluster offshore wind farms

    14 August 2023

    RWE has selected DeepOcean as the preferred supplier of inter-array cable installation for the Nordseecluster A offshore wind project, the first of the two phases of RWE’s Nordseecluster development in the German part of the North Sea. The contract could also see the subsea services provider performing the same work on the second, Nordseecluster B […]

  • Japanese companies set to invest billions in UK’s offshore wind, green hydrogen

    19 May 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Japanese giants Marubeni Corporation, Sumitomo Corporation, and Sumitomo Electric Industries have committed to investing a total of GBP 14.2 billion (approximately €16.3 billion) in offshore wind and green hydrogen projects, and the offshore wind supply chain in the UK. Ahead of the UK Prime Minister’s business reception in Tokyo on 18 May, the UK government announced […]

  • BP and Equinor halt rock installation contract for US offshore wind project

    5 January 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, together with its consortium partner Van Oord, has been informed by Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between BP and Equinor, of the termination of the rock installation contract for the Empire Wind 2 offshore wind project which was set to commence in 2026. In 2022, the Great Lakes-Van Oord […]

  • Following growing offshore wind demand, DEME subsidiary charters Mainport Geo

    9 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    DEME Group’s subsidiary G-tec has signed a multi-year charter agreement with Irish Mainport Holdings for its DP2 survey vessel Mainport Geo, following growing demand from the offshore wind industry. G-tec said that the new vessel will enable it to further enhance its site investigation techniques. The 50-meter-long Mainport Geo underwent modifications in 2021, which included […]

  • Going with the FLOW – Damen concept aims to tackle the next generation of offshore wind

    2 March 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Heavy lifting, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology, Vessels

    Driven by ambitious targets and the drive for energy self-sufficiency, the offshore wind industry is gathering pace. As it grows, the developing sector faces challenges. Amongst these is the installation of turbines in deeper waters. Many areas planning offshore wind developments do not have the relatively shallow waters encountered in the North Sea region, where […]

  • Geophysical survey underway at 1 GW Irish offshore wind farm site

    30 September 2022
    Business Developments & Projects

    A geophysical survey campaign has started at the project site of SSE Renewables’ Braymore Wind Park in the north Irish Sea. The campaign will involve the deployment of towed equipment from survey vessels and is expected to be completed by early November 2022, subject to weather and operational constraints. The survey, being conducted by using […]

  • Dutch company to help rid He Dreiht offshore wind farm of UXO

    19 September 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    German offshore wind developer EnBW has contracted the Netherlands-based UXO consultancy company NjordIC for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) expert services for the He Dreiht offshore wind farm project in Germany. The company will provide EOD expertise and UXO consultancy during the upcoming UXO survey, identification, and clearance campaign, starting in the fourth quarter of this […]

  • ZTT delivers subsea cable for local 500 MW offshore wind project

    6 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    ZTT Submarine Cable & System has completed the factory acceptance test and loaded out the subsea cable for the Shanwei Jiazi​-One offshore wind project in China. The Chinese company was in charge of delivering 66 kilometers of 220 kV subsea cable for CGN Engineering, with installation scheduled to be completed by August. Shanwei Jiazi​-One is located […]

  • Finnish region planning 6 GW offshore wind Power-to-X project

    31 May 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    The Finnish government has submitted its National Recovery Plan to the European Commission, allocating € 318.7 million to support clean energy and energy infrastructure developments, including a 6 GW offshore wind farm that will incorporate a Power-to-X solution. Finland plans to support offshore wind and other new energy technologies with € 161 million, and the […]

  • America’s first large-scale offshore wind farm reaches financial close

    16 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), has reached financial close on its 800 MW offshore wind farm in Massachusetts — the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the United States and the Americas region. The developer has raised $ 2.3 billion of senior debt through nine international and […]

  • Jan De Nul to Construct and Install Foundations for Offshore Wind Farm in Sweden

    20 December 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Jan De Nul Group has been awarded a project for the design, the construction and the installation of 16 concrete foundations for an offshore wind farm in the Swedish part of the Baltic Sea, by order of E.ON (Sweden). Jan De Nul Group already started the design of the foundations of the 3MW wind turbines, […]